SJL: Neighbors lynch man accused of raping 6-year-old girl

A group of angry residents of San Juan de Lurigancho captured and lynched a subject accused of sexually abusing a child under six years of age, in the room she rented, in a multi-storey building where the family of victim, in the Las Casuarinas urbanization.

David Emanuel Cabellos Bustamante, 32, was caught in his room and beaten into the street. Neighbors pointed out that the subject was planning to escape after abusing the minor a day earlier.

The man was beaten with sticks and kicks, ended up with a bloody face and several injuries.

“If there was gasoline, we would burn it, because it cannot be that every time this happens and they rape a creature without having mercy to do that evil so great,” declared one of the neighbors to América Noticias.

The first versions indicate that Cabellos Bustamante would have taken advantage of the fact that the mother of the child was hanging the clothes she had washed. Then, with deception, the man would have put the girl into his room, which is adjacent to that of his alleged victim.

The next day, the youngest girl told her mother what the man would have done to her.

“The subject was trying to escape, he already had his things ready, that's when we acted . The next time we find out that there is a rapist in this neighborhood of Las Casuarinas, we are going to do the same to him as the videos,” said another neighbor.

After the beatings received, the alleged rapist was taken by the police to a hospital in San Juan de Lurigancho. The case was reported at the Santa Elizabeth police station and is in the hands of the Criminal Investigation Department (Depincri) 1 of that district.

PREVENTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE

As you remember, this week the rape of a 3-year-old girl was reported in the city of Chiclayo, who was kidnapped and tied up in a building. To prevent the regrettable cases of rape that occur daily in the country, the National Director of Mental Health of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), Yuri Cutipé, said that work is necessary at the society level, but above all within families and households. In addition, he provided these suggestions to the Andean Agency.

- To educate children outside of machismo: Seeking to give the example that children and women are not the property of men and making it clear that they are independent beings, with rights that must be respected.

- Promote self-care: The expert also recommended that parents teach their children, whether men or women, to say 'no' to situations that could pose a certain danger to their mental and sexual health.

- Teach them to distinguish dangerous physical contacts: “Children, progressively, must learn, from upbringing and education, what types of hugs and approaches can be allowed and when to suspect something that could be risky for them,” he said.

- Have their own space to sleep: In addition, it is essential for the psychiatrist that each person has their own bed, in order to reduce overcrowding and the possibility of children sleeping with adults, which would expose them to possible sexual assault.

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